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Surreal vs Bizarre - What's the difference?

surreal | bizarre |

As adjectives the difference between surreal and bizarre

is that surreal is resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous while bizarre is strangely unconventional in style or appearance.

As a noun surreal

is surreal number.

surreal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous
  • Derived terms

    * surrealism * surrealist * surreality * surreally * surreal number

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (math) surreal number
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    bizarre

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • strangely unconventional in style or appearance.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
  • , date=October 22 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=West Brom enjoyed more possession as the half progressed and were handed a penalty of their own in the 21st minute in bizarre circumstances.}}

    Usage notes

    The more'' and ''most forms are the most common comparative and superlative forms. While (bizarrest) is encountered not infrequently and is acceptable in most situations, (bizarrer) is rare and non-standard.

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